Author: Jessi (Geo)

Mini Audio Reviews: Wizard of Earthsea, Midnight Library

Mini Audio Reviews: Wizard of Earthsea, Midnight Library
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

Welp, I finally read this book. And I know with absolute certainty that I would not have finished it if it weren’t for the audio. How can a book be so boring when it’s not even 200 pages long?! And did I read a different book than everyone else did?!?! The writing was dull, the characters were dull, and the story should have been interesting but it just wasn’t. The audio, though? Literally all the stars I would give this […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the Second Half of 2023

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the Second Half of 2023
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 27, 2023 | 0 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl   Anticipated releases I’ve already got my hands on I haven’t read Bring Me Your Midnight yet, but the other three were 5 star reads! I screeched when Light Bringer came, that was my single most anticipated book of the whole year! Most anticipated releases for the first half of 2023   A House With Good Bones – ★★★ Briardark – ★★★½ Godkiller – ★★★★ In the Lives of Puppets […]

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Review: Kill Your Darlings by L.E. Harper

Review: Kill Your Darlings by L.E. Harper
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 26, 2023 | 0 Comments

How can anyone be expected to find happiness when the world tells us every day to kill our darlings? This was one of my most anticipated 2023 releases!! Did it live up to the hype? I’m honestly not sure. My feelings on this book are quite mixed. I love love LOVE the idea of an author getting stuck in her own story. 10/10 the premise is fantastic and I am here for it. I also enjoyed the fact that when […]

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Audiobook Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Audiobook Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 23, 2023 | 0 Comments

I’m going to be completely honest: I never would have looked twice at this book. I didn’t even really know about its existence (or anything about it, for that matter). But, it was my book club’s pick for the month, so I checked out a sample of the audio…and realized that an octopus was a narrator. I was instantly intrigued! I went in with little to no expectations, and the result is that this book absolutely broadsided me. I did […]

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Audiobook Review: Briardark by S.A. Harian

Audiobook Review: Briardark by S.A. Harian
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 19, 2023 | 0 Comments

This book was one of my most anticipated 2023 releases! I didn’t love it like I’d hoped I would, but I still enjoyed it for the most part. The narration was great! I think without listening I wouldn’t have enjoyed this very much tbh and may have considered DNFing. The narrator reminded me a lot of Pippa’s narrator in Good Girl’s Guide (one of my fave audiobooks!). It started off kinda slow, but there was enough intrigue and suspense to […]

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Audiobook Reviews: Spindle Splintered & Mirror Mended

Audiobook Reviews: Spindle Splintered & Mirror Mended
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 16, 2023 | 0 Comments

I actually read this book as an ARC before it came out and just….never got around to reviewing it. Oops. This book is a super fun and creative retelling of Sleeping Beauty, but with some fierce feminist vibes! There’s plenty of subverted tropes and gender roles in this book. Gay princesses, badass princesses, masculine princesses, princesses saving themselves or denying the prince in favor of choosing their own path…oh, and my favorite: waking up a princess with a kiss doesn’t […]

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